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INTRO-The Common Admission Test (CAT) is a computer based test for admission in a graduate management program. The test scores a candidate on the bases of Quantitative Ability (QA), Verbal Ability (VA) and Reading Comprehension (RC), Data Interpretation (DI) and Logical Reasoning (LR). The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) started this exam and use the test for selecting students for their business administration programs. The test is conducted every year by one of the IIMs based on a policy of rotation.

In August 2011, it was announced that Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institute of Science (IISc) would also use the CAT scores, instead of the Joint Management Entrance Test (JMET), to select students for their management programmes starting with the 2012-14 batch.

Eligibility Criteria:

1. A candidate is eligible to appear in CAT 2019 if he/she holds a Bachelor's Degree with at least 50% marks or equivalent CGPA.

The candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Differently Abled (DA) categories, need at least 45% marks.

2. Candidates appearing for the final year of Bachelor's degree or equivalent examination and those who have already completed degree examinations but are awaiting results are also eligible. Such candidates, if qualified, will be allowed to join the course conditionally, only if they produce a certificate from the Principal / Registrar of their University/institution.

 

CAT EXAM Highlights:

CAT	Common admission test
Exam Level	National
Frequency	Once in year
Application Fee	1900 (General/ OBC) & 950 (SC/ST/PH)
Official website	https://iimcat.ac.in
Exam Duration	3 Hours

                                   

 

EXAM PATTERN:

Important Topics	Sub topics
VARC – Part 1: Verbal Ability	Jumbled Paragraphs, Essence of Short Para, Picking out the out of context sentence. Total – 10 Questions
VARC – Part 2: Reading Comprehension	5 RC Passages- 3 Long & 2 Short. Total-24 Questions
DILR- Part 1: Data Interpretation	Charts, Tables, Graphs. Total-16 Questions
DILR-Part 2: Logical Reasoning	Seating Arrangements, Family Tree, Direction sense. Total-16 Questions
QA - Quantitative Ability	Arithmetic, Geometry, Mensuration, Algebra, Trigonometry